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12 Days of Christmas

­­­­Here at Scribe we’re big fans of Christmas, and even bigger fans of gifting (and receiving) books on that special day. To celebrate this festive season, we’ll be offering 10% off selected books for 12 Days of Christmas. Come back to our website each day for discounts, and gift recommendations.

Merry Christmas!

Day 12 — Stocking Fillers

In A Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene Tallulah Pomeroy rewrites our definition of femininity with hairy tales of tampons, pubes and toenail chewing — true stories that we can all relate to.

Goodnight Trump is a wickedly funny parody of Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, and offers readers the chance to put America's man-child-in-chief to bed early, so children everywhere can have sweet dreams without fear of being torn from their homes and families.

Discount code: XMAS12

Day 11 — Scribble Kids Books

Linda Jackson’s Rainbow Menagerie is a kaleidoscopic introduction to native Australian animals and a celebration of the rainbow. Linda Jackson’s vibrant colours and bold patterns bring this iconic designer’s spectacular colour and form to a new generation.

Grandma Z is the glorious debut from Daniel Gray-Barnett. It is filled with wonder, imagination, and a wild, magical spirit that will thrill young and old.

Rhyme Cordial is a fun, new take on wordplay from bestselling illustrator Antonia Pesenti. Open the pages to reveal unexpected rhymes and bold, bright illustrations.

Discount code: XMAS11

Day 10 — Gorgeous Gift Books

Step back in time to rotary phones, orange vinyl, and manicured gardens with Warren Kirk’s powerful and nostalgic Suburbia.

Day 9 — Wellness

Happy Never After
Happy Never After is a beautifully written, insightful memoir about what it means (or doesn't mean) to have your happy ever after.

Aware
Aware is a hands-on guide that teaches readers to become more focused and present, as well as more energised and emotionally resilient in the face of stress and everyday challenges.

A Life Less Stressed
A Life Less Stressed is a holistic guide to the stresses that wear us down and the simple changes we can make to lead happier, healthier, and more resilient lives.

Discount code: XMAS9

Day 8 — Fantastic Fiction

The Bridge
The Bridge is a touching story of family, life and loss centred around the Melbourne Westgate Bridge.

The Mere Wife
To those who live there, Herot Hall is a paradise. With picket fences, the suburb is a self-sustaining community, enclosed and secure. But to those who live secretly along its periphery, Herot Hall is a fortress guarded by an intense network of gates and surveillance cameras. In The Mere WifeNew York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley tells a fierce, feminist version of the classic tale of Beowulf.

Retribution
Retribution tells the story of a small country town in Australia where an act of revenge causes five lives to collide. This rural-crime novel is about finding out how to survive and surviving what you find.

Discount code: XMAS8

Day 7 — Essential Reading

Waiting for Elijah
Waiting for Elijah is the compelling true crime story from award-winning journalist Kate Wild. In country NSW, 24-year-old Elijah Holcombe was shot dead by police. This is the story of that shooting, a flawed system, and a family’s grief. Both heartbreaking and compassionate, this is an account of a tragedy that didn’t have to happen.

Poached
Poached is an intrepid and revelatory investigation of the criminal world of wildlife trafficking — the poachers, the traders, and the customers — and of those fighting against it.

Trace
Trace is the riveting inside story of a journalist’s cold-case investigation of a shocking murder, and a look inside the #1 true crime podcast. Helen Garner has the perfect words to describe this sensational true crime book: ‘What grit, what faithfulness! It’s enthralling to track Brown’s stubborn little lantern as she forges into these dark forests’.

Discount code: XMAS7

Day 6 — Undiscovered Histories

The Nameless Names
The Nameless Names is a moving book that delicately reveals the human faces and the devastating stories behind the names listed on stone war memorials.

Blue Lake
David Sornig’s Blue Lake is a social history and biography that examines the 8km-square zone to the west of central Melbourne. As well as being a social history and psychogeographic contemplation, Blue Lake is a story of lives lived on the margins, and introduces three unforgettable characters who lived in Melbourne’s Dudley Flats shanty- town in the early 1900s.

Rocket Men
Rocket Men charts the daring odyssey of Apollo 8 and the astronauts who made man’s first journey to the moon. This vivid, gripping narrative shows anew the epic danger and singular bravery it took for Man to leave Earth for the first time — and to arrive at a new world.

Discount code: XMAS6

Day 5 — Triumphant True Stories

The Dinosaur Artist
In The Dinosaur Artist greed, science, and fossils collide in the most bizarre true-crime story you’ll read this year.

Catching Thunder
In Catching Thunder, journalists Eskil Engdal and Kjetil Sæter tell the remarkable true story of criminal kingpins, rampant corruption, modern slavery, and an international community content to turn a blind eye.

We Are Here
We Are Here is a heart-wrenching collection of stores from eighteen of the last adult witnesses of the holocaust.

Discount code: XMAS5

Day 4 — Politics & The World

Trigger Warnings
Jeff Sparrow’s Trigger Warnings is a polemic examination of the uses and abuses of political correctness.

The Perfect Weapon
From Russia’s tampering with the US election to the WannaCry hack that temporarily crippled Britain’s NHS, cyber has become the weapon of choice for democracies, dictators, and terrorists. The Perfect Weapon is the dramatic story of a new era of constant sabotage, misinformation, and fear, in which everyone is a target.

Tiberius with a TelephoneTiberius with a Telephone is an oddly compelling story of the man regarded as Australia’s worst prime minister, William McMahon.

Discount code: XMAS4

Day 3 — Memoir

A Letter from Paris
In this incredible memoir, A Letter from Paris, Louisa Deasey uncovers the hidden story of her father’s life in post-war Europe.

HeartlandHeartland is a searing and loving memoir of the working poor in America by journalist Sarah Smarsh.

InsomniaInsomnia is an intense, lyrical, witty, and humane exploration of a state we too often consider only superficially.

Discount code: XMAS3

Day 2 — Revolutionary Reads

A Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene
In A Girl’s Guide to Personal Hygiene Tallulah Pomeroy rewrites our definition of femininity with hairy tales of tampons, pubes and toenail chewing — true stories that we can all relate to.

The Mere Wife
To those who live there, Herot Hall is a paradise. With picket fences, the suburb is a self-sustaining community, enclosed and secure. But to those who live secretly along its periphery, Herot Hall is a fortress guarded by an intense network of gates and surveillance cameras. In The Mere Wife New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley tells a fierce, feminist version of the classic tale of Beowulf.

Beautiful Revolutionary
Beautiful Revolutionary is a meticulously researched, elegantly written, and utterly engrossing novel that tells the story Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple cult. In masterful prose, Laura Elizabeth Woollett explores the allure of the real-life charismatic leader who destroyed the lives of so many people.

Discount code: XMAS2

Day 1 — New Releases

The Finest Gold
The Finest Gold is a rollicking coming-of-age story, and an intimate account of the making of an athlete by Olympic swimmer Brad Cooper. Books + Publishing said: ‘The Finest Gold is a gorgeous, sumptuous feast of a book. Cooper is a naturally gifted writer whose brilliance appears effortless. Its entertaining pages will appeal to both sporting fans and the general reader.’

The Social Leap
In The Social Leap we learn about our chimpish ancestors and their superb skills at adapting to life around them. William Von Hippel’s book blends anthropology, biology, history, and psychology with evolutionary science, to create a fresh, provocative look at our species.

Liv
Liv is the chilling second instalment in the Ellen Tamm thriller series. On returning to her home town to recuperate after the Lycke case, Ellen investigates a murder in the area to distract herself from her own dark past. Although as she delves further into this investigation, she finds herself being drawn into a web of family secrets, lies, and betrayal. Buy Liv and recieve 10% of Lycke with the same discount code.